My LGS has a casual commander night once a week where you just go in and get a pod together on your own.

I just started out back in March after not playing since Origins. I definitely have some catching up to do judging by the posts in this thread.

As previously mentioned, varying power levels. It is definitely not fun to be locked out of a game to the point where it's draw and pass turn because one guy goes all out when he builds his deck in a playgroup.

That sounds like a group I wish I could join!

If your playgroup wants to ban them, go ahead. But the signets are too much of a staple. It'd be hard to cut them out.

I noticed how handy the tagging system is... I wonder if it's possible to have Commander Names as tags so by clicking on it you basically get all threads featuring said Commander decklists... That would be great, especially for people looking to upgrade pre-cons similar to the r/EDH subreddit with ...